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

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The coming ' spring track season certain! looks very bright. One does not have to exaggerate facts in order to arrive at this conclusion. The meet with San Jose appears to be the only contest in which the final outcome might be gloomy for Berkeley High. Eight veterans of last seasons victorious team have re- turned to school. These men are : Captain Ellis is a very strong man in the 440 and the relay. AA ' ithout his help the outcome of the season would be doubtful. Cleverdon is without doub ' he best high school pole- vaulter about the bay. Ele wiL ... ily be the winner of first honor in this event. Clark has the reputation of being the fastest 440 man in the State. He will be a tower of strength in the relay. He was captain of the Los Angeles High School track term last spring. Brown, Berkeley High ' s invincible shot-putter, Avho has carired away more than one first place, will be present once more. Ingram is expected to repeat his brilliant performance in the mile by starting our big meets ofif right, as he did la t season. Vilas, who carried away first honor for B. H. S. last season, should easily repeat his past performance. Gibbs, who traveled through a very gritty mile for us in the B. C. A. L. last spring, is a most likely second in that event this semester. 24

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OLLA PODRIDA The Band The band is looking forward to another such successful season of musical activity this term as has been its fortune to enjoy in the past. Thus far the band has progressed rap- idly and steadily, although at times suffering losses in its mem- bership which would have put older organizations of like nature down and out. But the B. H. S. never-say-die spirit which pervades the school did not forsake the old guard members of the band, and they have still kept things going in spite of all difficulties. A great amount of work is ahead of the band this year. According to present plans, the band, with the contemplated High School Show, is to be one of the attractions of the Native Sons Celebration, which will be held during the latter part of May. This engagement is but one on the long list of rallies, games ' and meets at which the band is scheduled to play. To fill this schedule creditably will require constant rehearsing. At the outset this term the band is crippled in the cornet and bass divisions, and new material will have to be trained for these sections. There are many boys here who could learn to fill these and other positions, but who stay away — in fact, there are even good cornetists in school now who plead off on one excuse and another when asked to aid the band. The stu- dents at large can, by using their influence, help the band in such cases and thereby increase its useful membership. Another situation in the band problem is the fact that the high school musician of today soon becomes the graduate of tomorrow. Gaps are made in the ranks every term, and unless the lower classes furnish more material than they have, Ber- keley High is going to be looking for a band that is not. Think this over, all of you, especially the first and second year men, and then those who can, come around to our meetings with instruments and help in person, leaving those who remain, to provide the encouragement and do the boosting which is so pecessary for the life of the organization. 23

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OLLA PODRIDA Ostrander is expected to be a point-winner in the high jump. Now anybody can see, from the numbers of veterans who will represent Berkeley High School this season, that there is a great opening for sprinters, distance men, hurdlers, and men in the held events. Because a certain event has an old-timer to guard it is not a good reason why some new men cannot make the team in that work. One man is able to carry off only one medal at a time. This season will be a record-breaker for meets, and under the new system it promises to be the most exciting and inter- esting season that Berkeley High has ever experienced. On February 25 there will be the interclass meet. This is to be the tryout for the team, the members who will repre- sent B. H. S. on track this season being picked from the point- winners of this meet. On ] Iarch 4 there will be a meet with San Jose, which promises to be very close in almost every event, with Berke- ley running a shade ahead. April 8 is the date set for the Stanford Interscholastic. This event, which is held annually by the Stanford student body, has always been the biggest high school meet in Cali- fornia. On April 28 and 29 the University of California is going to give the first annual Pacific Coast Interscholastic Track Aleet. which is to be held on the U. C. cinder path. Representatives Irom the principal high schools of the Pacific Coast will com- pete. These are the meets which are scheduled at this early date. The date for the Oakland-Berkeley dual meet and the B. C. A. L. meet have not yet been decided upon. The Oakland dual meet will most likely take place in the middle of March: Mr. Lowell has offered his valuable services to the team, and with his help and the good material in the school, the coming track season promises to be a most successful one for Berkeley High.